Sailing Doodles: Biography, Net Worth and Lifestyle.
Today, we will be telling you all you need to know about Sailing Doodles, biography,
net worth and lifestyle!
You may have heard of the channel but not know who is behind it.
Not to worry, we will tell you.
Sailing Doodles is a YouTube channel owned by Bobby White whose story is quite an inspiring
one.
Bobby White is a true definition of the saying that says, "if life gives you lemons, you
turn it to lemonades".
He did turn his lemons to lemonades.
Bobby White used to be a corporate jet pilot.
An unexpected health condition took him off work and instead of seeing this as a setback,
he created something meaningful, Sailing Doodles.
The channel is basically a blog that documents his travels and adventures while sailing his
boat.
This is not the only sailing channel on YouTube but something makes it stand out amongst the
rest and you're about to find out.
Biography and Lifestyle
Bobby White is the brain behind Sailing Doodles and there's so much to him than meets the
eye.
While he was a corporate pilot, he had done well for himself financially and has seen
quite a lot of places around the world but not by boat.
He was living the dream when one day, he had a stroke which put an end to his career as
a pilot.
The stroke he had was life threatening.
It meant the end of his career, he had to deal with the crucial first few weeks after
his stroke.
One of the aftermath of his stroke was him not being able to read.
But that didn't stop Bobby from teaching himself to read again.
Piloting was definitely not an option for Bobby, so he tried other career paths.
Unfortunately, nothing stuck with him.
One day, in the midst of it all, Bobby sold all the things he owned, got filming kits
and started filming.
What's a sailing vlog without a sailboat?
The first thing he got was , of course, a sailing boat.
He bought a 37' C&C which was built in 1984.
Since it was an old boat, there were some renovations that needed to be done.
After about $4000 of updates later, the boat was ready to sail.
He named the series he filmed Sailing Doodles after his two labradoodle dogs, Goose and
Maverick.
The journey began in Houston.
Bobby and his friend ventured in and traced along the coast of TX to the Florida keys.
They would also sail through the Bahamas.
It was there that they realized that Ruff Seas was not the best when it comes to sailing
the Caribbean.
First, it did not hold enough water and secondly, I did not hold enough fuel for a longer voyage.
Another reason was that it was a bit difficult sailing in shallower waters due to the deep
draft it had.
But Bobby had better plans for his sailing voyage.
He only planned to use Ruff Seas for about a year till he's comfortable enough.
Then, he will sell the boat in order to pursue a position with the crew on a bigger yacht.
Bobby soon got a job asking another boat which goes from Maarten to Florida.
By the time, Ruff Seas was already under contract to sell.
Things were looking up until disaster struck.
A hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico.
This was where Ruff Seas docked.
Ruff Seas was unfortunately caught in the path of the hurricane and suffered a damaged
hull and a broken mast.
In the end, Bobby had to give up Ruff Seas and this brought him back to square 1.
Sailing Doodles was doing one at that time and had accumulated a few followers so Bobby
had just enough income from the blog to cater for himself but only for a little while.
He didn't even have enough to get himself another sailboat.
But Bobby being the man that he is, made the best out of the seemingly hopeless situation.
Another lemon to lemonade action!
He decided to turn Sailing Doodles into a travel vlog and that's exactly what he did.
This was what saved Sailing Doodles.
He headed for Thailand and there, he got the opportunity to interview Ron Parson.
Ron is the owner of Gulf Charters.
Sailing Doodles toured their expanse and got to know the operations of the course along
with the interview Bobby did.
Ron and Bobby soon developed a friendship and another opportunity came for Bobby.
One of Ron's many sailboats had been in Vancouver for three years and he needed it to be sailed
back to Thailand.
The sailboat, named White Squall, was a 50' Beneteau.
This was the deal, the boat can remain Bobby's as long as he brought the boat back to Thailand
by August 2018.
This was an opportunity that he couldn't pass up.
As for White Squall, it had been docked for quite a while and was ready for a long trip
across the ocean.
Lauren, who was Bobby's girlfriend at the time, decided to join him in the voyage for
two months.
She worked as a traveling nurse at the time and was planning to get a nursing job in Florida.
So off they went.
Bobby left Vancouver, had a stop by at Washington to pick up his girlfriend and they began their
trip south along the west coast.
But Laura's plan to stay for just two months soon changed.
She had fallen in love with sailing life and turned out staying with Sailing Doodles for
longer than she'd planned.
Soon, Sailing Doodles provided more revenue on YouTube but it takes more than that to
fund and maintain a 50' sailboats and create enough content for the channel.
So, like a lot of other YouTube channels, Sailing Doodles offered followers to come
on board on their sailing journey.
They rented out the cabins on White Squall for people who wanted the Sailing Doodles
experience and people would often spend a week or a weekend onboard.
Renting a cabin included meals and there were also some night watch shifts involved.
It's all for the dream.
This was how the channel could pay for fees that we're needed to run the channel properly.
They also scheduled meet and greets with fans of the channel.
While doing all these, they had a deadline in mind.
Ron Parson made things easy for them, helping them to chart their course so that they would
make it back to Thailand in time but they would also have enough content for their viewers.
They made it just in time and sailed back to the United States.
On getting there, Sailing Doodles purchased another sailboat and named it Nauti Dogs.
This was a CT 56' sailboat.
It was new to the gang but it was stunning.
Unfortunately, another disaster struck which left Sailing Doodles with no sailboat and
a sailing vlog waiting for contents.
Before we jump into this horrific disaster, be sure to subscribe to the channel for more
content like this, let's get into it.
Nauti Dogs was purchased in 2019 and just a year later, Naut Dog's transmission blew
up on a solo sail which caused a fire on board.
Bobby couldn't put out the fire, so he had to call the Coast Guard.
He was rescued but not in time to leave the boat unscathed.
The boat was left burnt and sinking.
Back to square one again.
The insurance company refused to pay for the $100 thousand damage caused by the fire.
But despite all these, Sailing Doodles is still thriving.
They have been chatting boats in the Caribbean since Nauty Dogs suffered the tragic fire
incident and they have managed to keep their fans and viewers coming back for more with
the kinds of content they put out.
They have six seasons on YouTube.
Every week, you will find a new video on their channel.
Despite the current life situation, the channel still travels but they remain socially distant.
Sailing itself has always been a socially distant activity so it's a win-win for the
channel.
Net Worth
As of now, Sailing Doodles has an estimated net worth of $800,000!
That is impressive!
They presently don't have a boat of their own but they are still dishing out premium
content!
Conclusion.
Sailing Doodles is a true example of how to deal with the chaos of sailing life.
The channel has gone through very unexpected circumstances and yet it is still standing
till today.
Be sure to should out Sailing doodles best moments here!
See you there!